Potato Salad with Cilantro & Almond Pesto
Isn’t it a wonderful feeling to be back in your own kitchen!! Though I thoroughly enjoyed blogging from my mom’s kitchen I am excited to be back home! To have my spices and sauces back! After 20 days long great and relaxing break, I am back in Bangalore! Happy to be back to my little kitchen 
I start cooking as soon as I enter the house. My husband though doesn’t cook much had kept the fruits and vegetables stocked. We had some simple breakfast and for lunch I baked whole wheat pizza and served it with a simple potato salad with cilantro & almond pesto. I want to share my whole wheat pizza base recipe with you all sometime soon but today it’s the potato salad recipe!
This is one of the simplest and easiest potato salads which is also super duper healthy. No mayo, butter, or sugar, just hearty wholesome fresh ingredients. I made a simple vegan pesto with cilantro and almonds and it worked so well with potatoes. It was so creamy without any cheese, it’s unbelievable! It’s also gorgeously green! A bunch of baby potatoes were boiled, peeled and tossed with the pesto and the salad was ready. My husband and my 2 year old daughter loved it! I still have some pesto left which I will use tomorrow morning for breakfast sandwiches.
Cilantro is the most commonly available herb in India. This beautiful pesto will definitely be a staple in my kitchen from now on
fresh Cilantro
almonds
Baby potatoes, boiled and peeled
gorgeous green pesto
Vegan healthy potato pesto salad
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- Baby potatoes, boiled and peeled
For the pesto
- 1 bunch of fresh Cilantro
- 10-15 almonds
- 2 table spoons of good olive oil
- A pinch of salt
Blend all the ingredients for the pesto together till you have a creamy paste. If the mixture looks too dry, add a little more olive oil till you get the desired consistency.
Toss the boiled peeled potatoes in fresh pesto and serve along with your main course.
25 comments :
Women's Health News: What We're Reading This Week | WH This Just In November 9, 2011 7:04PM
[...] Pesto and Potatoes? Yum. Thought a mayo-less potato salad would never be possible? This blogger’s potato salad with cilantro and almond pesto is about to prove you wrong. We agree with her, it’s so creamy it’s unbelievable. Via Love Food Eat [...]
8 Creative Salads August 31, 2011 11:57PM
[...] whole potatoes instead of creating a mash up. the pesto they used is made of Cilantro and almond paste and I love [...]
Emily August 18, 2011 10:28PM
Wow, this is amazing! I love everything about it. However, I am extremely curious- What entree would you recommend serving this with?
8 Creative Salads | Luxirare August 17, 2011 4:34PM
[...] so simple and normal but I like how they used whole potatoes instead of creating a mash up. The pesto they used is made of Cilantro and almond paste and I love [...]
Lindsey@Lindselicious June 14, 2011 6:11AM
This looks so yummy! Love the cilantro in there too!
Cilantro Pesto Potato Salad « I Will Cook Better June 12, 2011 1:25AM
[...] when I decided to make a Cilantro Pesto Potato Salad. I was inspired by the recipe I found on the Love Food Eat blog. In eating it tonight, we each decided to add a few things to jazz up our potato salad. We [...]
Magic of Spice June 10, 2011 3:49PM
I am terrible when I have to cook in someone else’s kitchen unless I am very familiar with it…
This is such a nice combination and very refreshing
Chinmayie June 10, 2011 3:55PM
Thank you!
Junia @ Mis Pensamientos June 10, 2011 12:57AM
this looks delicious!!! i make something similar with pesto and roasted red skin potatoes
. thanks for the recipe~
Mindy June 9, 2011 9:57PM
This looks and sounds fantastic! Can’t wait to try it.
Mindy June 9, 2011 9:55PM
This sounds and looks fantastic! Can’t wait to try it.
jess white June 9, 2011 11:25AM
I want to eat this right now!!! did you peel the potatoes before or after boiling? I might try and replace the coriander with basil, i find it is too powerful for me!
Chinmayie June 9, 2011 11:48AM
I peel the potatoes after boiling. It’s much easier that way. Basil pesto is great! I used cilantro as that’s what is locally available for me in India
fooddreamer June 9, 2011 11:16AM
I always find it really hard to cook in someone else’s kitchen, I don’t have my favourite utensils and I don’t know where everything is! So I am glad for you that you are back in your own kitchen, creating delicious dishes like this!
Chinmayie June 9, 2011 11:49AM
Thanks Carolyn!
Mika June 9, 2011 7:23AM
I was used to eat these little cute potatoes fried when I was a child…To make a salad with them is a great idea and I love cilantro pesto, so flavorful… ^_^
Sharmilee June 9, 2011 4:32AM
This sounds easy and yummy
Megan June 9, 2011 4:00AM
This looks absolutely delicious! I’ll be making these shortly! Thank you
Nami @ Just One Cookbook June 9, 2011 12:46AM
Hi Chinmayie! I feel relieved when I can cook in my own kitchen. After all, for a food blogger, kitchen is like a place we spend most of our day. I’m glad you feel energized by your own kitchen! Your potato salad does look very simple and looks delicious!
Maria @ Scandifoodie June 8, 2011 7:38PM
This sounds delicious! I love pesto potatoes
Kathryn June 8, 2011 7:36PM
That looks incredible! I am a pesto addict (had it just last night on my pasta, actually), but I have never tried it on potatoes. Ingenious!
sweet road June 8, 2011 7:29PM
this looks delicious! also i love your photos, they are so beautiful and simple.
Chinmayie June 9, 2011 10:10AM
Thank you
Joyti June 8, 2011 10:55AM
Isn’t it nice to be in your own kitchen? I always find that I can’t find the little things I need in my mom’s (Microplane graters, timer…).
The potatoes look delicious. Nice and green and fresh
Chinmayie June 8, 2011 11:25AM
Thank you Jyoti!
My parents live in a small town so I don’t get ANYTHING other than the local fruits and vegetables there. It’s great for a while but then I start missing my city kitchen! lol